The lack of attention towards affective communication in assistive technology and
disability research can be potentially overcome thanks to the development of affective
computing and affective mediation areas. This ...

The European Social Fund-supported Portland Partnership project developed a
computer-based virtual learning environment (VLE) to benefit students with cognitive and
physical disabilities. This system provided students ...

A research and development (R&D) approach has been applied to video telephony
(VT) in northern Finland since 1994 by broad consortia. The focus has been on the
considerable involvement of ergonomics within the engineering ...

Demographic and sociological changes in the last 50 years have forced Western
societies to create services to attend to elderly people in their homes, where they can live
within familiar environments. Telecare involves ...

In this paper we present the starting point of research in applying humancomputer
interaction (HCI) techniques to help people with cerebral palsy to use computers
via vision-based interaction. Our work includes the ...

This paper explores how we designed, with input from some elderly persons, a
multi-agent user-controlled network for the home. The system was designed to support the
elderly in living longer at home with minimal support. ...